Comments on: The Daddy.

By: The Invisible Hands » Ludonarratology

The Invisible Hands » Ludonarratology — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 02:59:32 +0000

[...] that you can take a moral route through its fallen capitalist mecca (sound familiar?), but whatever choice you make with respect to the Little Sisters, you are murdering dozens of innocent sl…, to say nothing of the people who died in the plane crash. In its climax, BioShock also undercuts [...]

By: Sparky Clarkson

Sparky Clarkson — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:14:03 +0000

That’s a fascinating interpretation, and one that has a certain resonance due to the character of the final sequence. The player has no choice but to follow a little sister around an area and defend her. If we want to read the meditation on choice and agency from the earlier parts of the game into this segment, then it is a commentary on the Big Daddies the player has killed early on. They didn’t choose either, or at least they don’t have the ability to choose anymore. And, with respect to Darren’s view, isn’t Jack a biological machine constructed for a single purpose also? This being the case, aren’t the Big Daddies the denizens of Rapture that are most like the main character?

By: Darren MacLennan

Darren MacLennan — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:05:22 +0000

I’d argue that the Big Daddies, rather than being benevolent protectors, are essentially the same kind of biological machine as the Little Sisters – in other words, they’re zombies designed to do one thing and one thing only.

Refusing to kill them means that the Little Sisters are trapped in their endless existence of shlorking down Adam for Fontaine or Ryan or any number of adult bastards.

So you might be able to go through without killing the Big Daddies; however, that means that you’re ignoring the lack of future that the children will have without your interference. Will Tannenbaum be able to take out the Big Daddies on her own? Doubtful…

-Darren MacLennan